Re: delete a user schema from cn=config

[Derek Zhou <derek@shannon-data.com>]

On Monday, November 19, 2018 01:49:14 AM Howard Chu wrote:
> Derek Zhou wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 09:29:10PM +0000, Howard Chu wrote:
> >> Derek Zhou wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Understood. How do I find out what can be changed on the fly, what cannot as of the current git head? Document, pointer to source code all ok.
> >>
> >> Everything can be modified. Deleting entries is unsupported in 2.4.
> >>
> > Very cool. Let me clarify one more thing, if a schema is being modified, and if the current data
> > is imcompatible with the modified schema, will it reject the modification or accept it, and the 
> > schema is only enforced for newer data?
> 
> It's your responsibility to ensure that no existing data uses the schema you're modifying.
> The modification will simply be accepted. If you have data in your database using the old
> definition, and it uses a syntax with different normalization rules than the new version,
> your database will most likely be corrupted.
> 
I see. So, is adding an optional (MAY) attribute to an objectClass ok?

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Derek Zhou
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